Baton Rouge Union Vote Amid Refinery Labor Battle
Voters at the Esso-Standard Refinery in Baton Rouge chose a bargaining agent for 3400 production and maintenance workers under the National Labor Relations Board oversight. The Independent Industrial Workers Assn faces organized labor groups including the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers Union and Teamsters Local 415. Voting ends midnight Friday. clerical workers are ineligible. The outcome could shape oil industry labor relations nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Esso-Standard
National Labor Relations Board
Unnion
Independent Industrial Workers Assny
INWA
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
OCAW
Teamsters Union
Esso Standard
Clerica
Teamsters
The
Sun
Teen Canteen Hours Move to Friday in Girls Gym
Sun Spots reports Horace Main and Wil will host teen canteen in the girls gym from 7 30 to 9 30 p m Friday replacing Saturday. WSCS of St Mark's Methodist Church announces bazaar Friday in the Fellowship hall from 10 a m to 9 p m with turkey dinners chili vegetable soup hot dogs and pie. Funeral rites for J W Williams 86 father of Lou Williams will be held Thursday in Humble with arrangements by Humble Funeral Home.
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Horace
Wscs Bazaar Women's Society of Christian Service of
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Fellowship Hall
J. A. Hill
Fair Weather With Mild Friday Outlook
Fair and warmer this afternoon and tonight. Friday partly cloudy and mild with sunrise at 7 01 am and sunset at 5 22 pm. Friday tides at 1 39 am and 1 pm with highs at 5 25 am and 9 01 pm in Galveston.
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Galveston
Local notes mixed with names and events in brief
Own Winfred Trant enjoys a late vacation. Gerald Wayne Orton and wife Lee move to Oklahoma City where Gerald works for an insurance firm. He earned a Sam Tous ton degree this summer. Jackson helps with a local angle to a story. Bill Strickler checks on Scout information. Dorothy Troxel writes bright capsules as Fall colors. Jean Bailey misses cars that were driven away in a friend's car. Mr. and Mrs. Bobbe Kalbitz window shop. Mary Elizabeth Kubica accepted to Newman Club at Texas Woman's University in Denton and attended initiation, daughter of J. Kubica. Rev. Charles Fay confuses LaJuana Turner on pancakes and fried chicken. Mrs. W. CG suggests Christmas door decorations. YM underwent age surgery today in Methodist Hospital Houston. visitors banned for a week.
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Winfred Trant
Gerald Wayne Orton
Lee
Oklahoma City
Gerald
Sam Touston
Jackson
Bill Strickler
Dorothy Troxel
Jean Bailey
Bobbe Kalbitz
Mary Elizabeth Kubica
Newman Club
Texas Woman's University At
Denton
J. 4. Kubica
Charles Fay
LaJuana Turner
Methodist Hospital
Houston
New Auto Insurance Plan Cuts Rates Start Jan One
A Texas program links driving records to insurance rates via a point system. No points yield a 20 percent rate cut, while penalties increase with accidents and moving violations over a three year lookback.
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Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas Insurance Commission
Steele M.ereld
Arnett
Marend Herbert
Insurance Lagencys & Said
McDonald
Women's Club of
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Goodfellows Cartons Go Out Today Across Stores
Baytown launches its Goodfellows drive with 100 cartons placed in stores for anonymous donations. Citizens urged to drop coins or bills in red and white labeled cartons to fund toys, candy, and fruit for over 1,000 local children. Volunteers assist with lists and bag distribution, aiming to fill all cartons before Christmas bags are delivered.
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Baytown
Goodfellows
Goodiellow
Baytown Students Make Honor Roll News Update
Baytown area college news highlights honor roll students. Mrs. Raymond J. L. Woodruff, formerly Marjorie Ciruti, at Howard Payne College earns 42 grade points to make the first half fall honor roll. Also on the Payne list is Mrs. Al Goodiin, formerly Barbara White of Channelview, with 42 grade points as a sophomore. Gwen Rosser, daughter of H. E. Rosser and spouses, makes Evangel College mid semester list with 2.50 GPA, ranking in the top tenth of Springfield, Missouri biology and education major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Area
Raymond JL. Woodruff
Marjorie Ciruti
Howard Payne College
M.S. Ciruti Jr
Milner
Woodruff
Howard Payne
al Goodiin
Barbara White
Channelview
iMr
W. White
Brentwood
Deadly French Dam Break Leaves Valley in Ruins
In Frejus France a massive torrent from the Malpasset Dam collapse unleashed five days of rain driven floodwaters. At least 140 people are dead and 160 are missing as water smashed houses, uprooted trees and derailed trains in the Regran River Valley near Cannes. The four mile wide valley and the town of Frejus, founded by Julius Caesar, were inundated, with the Roman amphitheater submerged as rescuers assessed the disaster.
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Frejus
France
Regran
French Riviera
Malpasset
Farm
Mediterranean
Cannes
Julius Caesar
B.C
Chambers County Tax Chief Seeks Re election
Chambers County tax assessor collector Lester Martin announced his candidacy for a second term. He took office on January 1 1957 after the sheriff and tax offices were split by referendum. Filing deadline is February 1 with first primary May 7 and final contest November 8 1960.
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Chambers County
Lester Martin
Lollis Otter
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Martin
Chambers
Otter
Eugene T. Jenson
R. R. Cates 58 Dies in Baytown Hospital
Robert Reagan Cates 58 of 1503 Mississippi Baytown died at 3 55 a m in a Baytown hospital after two years illness He retired January 1953 as an operator at Humble Oil and Refining Co s Baytown Refinery Born February 23 1901 near Angeline County moved to Baytown 1921 He was a charter member and deacon of First Baptist Church and a member of Goose Creek Masonic Lodge AFGAM No 1193 Survived by widow Ruth Cates a son Reagan B Cates two granddaughters Regina and Rachel Cates three brothers J L Cates J C Cates and A L Cates a sister Mrs L J Robinson Funeral at 10 am Friday at First Baptist Church officiated by Rev Robert M Cheek and Rev Dan Gardner Graveside service 4 pm Friday at Gann Cemetery Clawson Community near Lufkin.
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Robert Reagan Cates
Mississippi
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Angeling County
Lufkin
First Baptist Church
Goose Creek
Masonic Lodge
Ruth Cates
Reagan B. Cates
Victoria
Regina Cates
Rachel Cates
J. L. Cates
J. C. Cates
Land
A. L. Cates
L. J. Robinson
Robert M. Cheek
Dan Gardner
Central Baptist Church
Gann
Clawson
FCC orders broadcaste to report payola probes
The FCC directed a broadcasting station to file sworn statements by January 4 detailing operations since November 1 1958 to reveal any payola practices. In Hollywood Mickey Rooney will return to Tonight with Jack Paar after a prior appearance sparked a so called stink.
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Wasiington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Hollywood
Mickey Yhvoney
Jack Pnaar
Flags Fly To Honor Ralph Yarborough In Baytown
Flags were raised in Baytown on Thursday to honor U.S. Sen Ralph Yarborough who would speak at a 6 30 p m barbecue dinner at the Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club on Minnesota Road A Baytown civic committee arranged the visit with a welcome party from Baytown La Porte and East Harris County The day was proclaimed Ralph Yarborough Day by Mayor R H Red Pruett Yarborough toured the Baytown Refinery and East Harris County roads harbors with officials and addressed oil imports and depletion allowances
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Baytown
U.S
Ralph W. Yarborough
Bayshore
Red, Reef and Gun Club
Minnesota
Robert R. Tuck
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
East
Harris County
Sen
Yarborough
la Porte
H. B. Harrison
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Sen. Yarborough
W. W. Ramsey
We. T. Busch
Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Exhumation Likely Friday for Dr Hall Body
Dr Allen Hall aged 35 who died Feb 7 will be exhumed soon from Grand View Cemetery La Porte for autopsy to determine death cause. Medical Examiner Dr Z E Clarke ordered the exhumation after sister Mary Nugent protested. Dr Clarke to meet county pathologist Dr Joseph A Jachimczyk to schedule, widow Helen Hall signs consent. cost deemed negligible and no court funds yet.
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Allen
Fall
Grandview
la Porte
Z. E. Clarke
Hall
Clarke
Joseph A. Jachimczyk
Helen Jean Hall
Commissioners Court
Mary Nugent
Baytown
City Yale Decorations To Be Hung In Baytown
Baytown will display Christmas lights along Texas Avenue from Commerce to Whiting, sponsored by the Retail Merchants Committee. The Lions Club will decorate the old oak tree, Morrell Park Garden Club will adorn the traffic circle, and Gulf Coast Electric handles electrical work. City crews and the water tank star lighting will be completed, with no new decorations bought. vapor lights are planned next year. The Brunson Theater will host free continuous showings December 21 to 24 with police protection and a free package checking service.
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Baytown
Retail Merchants Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Texas ‘Ve
of Commerce
Whiting
Harn F
Alassey
Massey
Culpepper
Texas Ave
Commerce
Highway 146
Yale
Brunson Theater
Anahuac Football Coverage Booms in The Sun Weekend Edition
Anahuac fans and families of 959 Panthers watch as The Sun staffs highlights an extended coverage plan. The Friday night Anahuac Madisonville game will headline the Weekend Edition with ongoing playoff game features and abundant scrapbook material from Anahuac football season.
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Panther
Anahuac
The
Sun
Madisonville
Humble-OCAW contract talks may take weeks to finish
Humble Oil and Refining Co and OCAW Baytown Local 4332 near in Baytown await a contract after a long bargaining process. The dispute mirrors wider Gulf Coast refinery labor tensions with a Texas City strike shaping patterns. Negotiations began five weeks ago with seven bargaining sessions planned as parties navigate 27 contract articles affecting 3,000 workers and the local economy of about 30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Oil, Chemical and Atomic’ Workers Union
OCAW
Baytown
Ocawamoco
Texas City
Tme
Humble
Gulf Coast
Shell
Bloyes Federation
Konki Labor Relations Board
H Independent
Em- Moyes ‘Federation
Ternational
Standard of
New Jersey
BEF
CIO
Baytown Metal Trades Council
Ature
Rue
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Emergency Corps
Stripling
James Harrison
East Humble
Boat Corps
Morton
Alvin Derryberry
J. D. Morton
Baytown Emergency Corps
Maraths
Goodfellow
Pula Jones
Genevieve Gott
Evangel College
Springfield
AGRE
Chambers’ Tax Chief
R. R. Cates
Ralph Yarborough
Senator Yarborough
the Sun
Humble-Ocaw
Masons and Plasterers International Union of America
JOCAW
Union
REF
HH. W. Weir
International Union
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